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President Hollande’s closest political colleagues ordered France’s First Lady
to adopt a low profile yesterday amid an escalating row over her
failure to toe the Socialist Party line towards the head of state’s
former partner.

As Valérie Trierweiler dismissed as “idiotic” a claim that she had acted out
of jealousy, Jean-Marc Ayrault, the Prime Minister, publicly told her to
stay out of the headlines.

“I think her role should be a discreet one,” he said. “I can easily understand
that it is always a bit complicated at the beginning, but everyone must be
in their rightful place.”